Hook and eye.



No. 699,236. Patented May 6, I902.

' L. REASEB.

HOOK AND EYE.

(Application me Feb. 5, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED ST TES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS REASER, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming art of Letters Patent No. 699,236, dated May 6, 1902. Application filed February 1902. Serial No. 92,609. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: a

. Be itknown that I, LEWIS REASER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to certainnew and use ful improvements in hooks and eyes, which are .fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features of which are specifically pointed out in the claims. j

Figure l is an elevation or edge view of the two members of an improved device embodying my inventionshown in engagement with each other.

As shown in the drawings,the opposite membersA and B are formed of wire. The member A comprises a double wire shank portion 1, having securing-loops 2 and 2 for attachment to one edge of the material, and a T shaped head portion 3, formed by oppositely bending and doubling the two shank-wires, as shown. The shank-wires 1 incline upward from the plane of the securing-loops 2' 2, and

' the transverse head portion 3 is turned downsaid shank-wires adjacent to the head, as indicated at 4. The member B is formed at one end of its base, formed by the arms 5 and 6, with similar securing-loops 7 and S and at the other end of said base with twin hook-shaped arms 9 9, which rise from opposite sides of the base and each formed by a close returnbend of the upwardly and rearwardly bent outer wires 9 9, said hook-shaped arms being connected by the bar or cross-wire 1 0 and spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the downwardly-bent shank 4 of the member A, so as to permit the free passage of the latter between them, while the rear ends ofthe arms are somewhat raisedto facilitate the passage thereunder of the T-head 3. As a guard against the unintentional disengagementof the member'A and'forjthe further purpose of supporting the forward part of the Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe same;

,guard comprising a raised guard 11, (preferably formed by bending the wire on each side thereof upward and downward, as shown,)

which cooperates with the upper portions of a the hook-shaped arms 9 9 to form contracted months to the latter, respectively, and which requires to be slightly depressed in order to permit the passage of the head 3 of member A and an extension 12, which extends below the plane of the base of said member and is arranged to bear upon the material and constitutes a support which maintains the forward end of member B in slightly-elevated position,

as already explained.

The twin hook-shaped arms 9 9 form between them a guideway for the downwardlybent shank portion 4: of the member A when the latter is being moved into engagement with said arms, and when the T-shaped head is drawn against these hooked arms the engaged members are naturally maintained in alinement. These twin arms, moreover, are easily found by the engaging member in any case, and particularly so when held above the material of the garment by the supportingguard 11 12.

What I claim is- 1. A member of a hook -andeye device formed from a single piece of wire bent to form a base, hook-shaped arm's rising from op-.

posite sides of one end of said base, a bar connecting said arms together and an approximately U-shaped support having each of its two sides designed to engage the material to ber elevated above the material to which the a member is secured.

3. A hook and eye, comprising a member having a downwardly-bent T-shaped head, and an engaging member having a base and provided with hook-shaped arms which rise from opposite sides of one end of said base and are connected with each other, said engaging member also having a supportinggnard which underlies said arms and projects above and below the plane of said base.

4. A member of a. hook-and-eye device formed from a single piece of wire bent to form a base, hook-shaped arms rising from opposite sides of one end of said base, a bar connecting said arms together and an approximately U-shaped supporting-guard which is located below the plane of the upper'portions of said hook-shaped arms and has each of its sides formed with bends, cooperating with said hook-shaped arms to form contracted mouths to the latter, said guard being also bent to extend below the plane of said base.

5. A hook and eye, comprising a member having a downwardly-bent T-shaped head,

and an engaging or opposite member formed.

from a single piece of wire bent to form a base, hook-shaped arms rising from opposite sides of one end of said base, a bar connecting said arms together and an approximately U-shaped supporting-guard which is located below the plane of the upper portions of said arms and has each of its sides formed with bends which cooperate with said hook-shaped arms to form contracted mouths to the latter, said guard having its closed end bent to extend below the plane of said base at each side, for the purpose specified.

Signed at Reading, Pennsylvania, this 20th day of January, 1902.

LEYVIS REASER.

Witnesses:

J. MILTON MILLER, W. G. STEWART. 

